`Come here,' she said coaxingly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object) : He coaxed her to sing, but she refused. ,We coaxed the secret from him. ,He coaxed the large chair through the door. From Dictionary.com.
Reaching out one skinny arm, she called coaxingly: "Puss!. From Wordnik.com. [A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others] Reference
“Here kitty, kitty,” he called coaxingly. From Wordnik.com. [All Shall Be Well] Reference
He was speaking, almost coaxingly, as if to a child. From Wordnik.com. [The Coast of Chance] Reference
"I'll tell you a pretty story," said Marty coaxingly. From Wordnik.com. [A Missionary Twig] Reference
"Stay," she murmured, coaxingly, as only a woman can. From Wordnik.com. [Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope] Reference
"Come yere; come yere," Julius Cæsar said, coaxingly. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas] Reference
"But Lady Caroline would not," said Janetta, coaxingly. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
Beth said coaxingly, waiving the other point with tact. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
"Do take it off for him, Dexie," said Gussie, coaxingly. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces] Reference
"Wouldn't you like to hear one?" asked the girl, coaxingly. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, December 23, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
Blanche steals up coaxingly, and gets snubbed for her pains. From Wordnik.com. [International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850] Reference
"Well, what did you talk about?" queried Miss Mullaly coaxingly. From Wordnik.com. [Polly and the Princess] Reference
"You wouldn't catch fish would you, Warren?" she asked coaxingly. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Hill] Reference
"I want to come up where you are, Nannie," she called, coaxingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
Smith, who, before he left the paper, protested coaxingly against. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
"Yes, dear, but it doesn't taste badly," she whispered coaxingly. From Wordnik.com. [The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea] Reference
"Come on, Fluff," she said coaxingly, grasping the plume-like mane. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia] Reference
Impulsively she kneeled on the walk beside them and coaxingly asked. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Lady] Reference
"Jes 'a swaller or two, Bishop," he said coaxingly, as one talking to. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
Charles, coaxingly, "tell me what this is about you and Mr. Walters.". From Wordnik.com. [The Garies and Their Friends] Reference
Donaldson snapped his fingers coaxingly, leaning far over towards him. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Noon] Reference
"Poor little Madge," and he laid his hand coaxingly on her silky hair. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Artist. A Tale for the Young] Reference
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